Climatology of extreme downslope windstorms in the Russian Arctic

• Published in: Weather and Climate Extremes
• Main Authors: Anna A. Shestakova, Pavel A. Toropov, Tatiana A. Matveeva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Downslope windstorm; Bora; Foehn; Arctic; Hazard weather phenomena; Circulation indices; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Tiksi; Wrangel Island; Pevek; Novaya Zemlya; Sea ice; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2020.100256; https://doaj.org/article/6846f65db1d64bccb54039fa4508c6db

This paper presents the climatology of downslope windstorms in the Russian Arctic – bora on Novaya Zemlya, windstorms on Spitsbergen, in Tiksi and Pevek, bora on Wrangel Island – in connection with the large-scale circulation. Statistical analysis of wind speed and air temperature during windstorms,...